Sentences with phrase «plagued state»

That optimism stems largely from two recent scandals that have plagued the state supreme court.

El Niño helped steer enough rain and snow to the the northern part of California to help cut into the multi-year drought that's plagued the state, but southern California did not receive nearly as much precipitation and dry conditions already began creeping back in April.

With a good mix of determination and luck, though, visiting this ancient but war - plagued state is very possible and can be relatively safe.

While there is still much to be done, the commonsense solutions included in the bill will go far to prevent the fraud and waste that has plagued the state for far too long.»

This is the third consecutive year that problems have plagued the state testing, including the year when the tests were cancelled entirely at the eleventh hour.

Did they not foresee the problems that have plagued the state testing for years?

Nevada has imposed steep penalties on Harcourt Educational Measurement for errors in administering statewide exams, and Georgia is poised to do the same, following scoring glitches typical of the kind that have plagued state - sponsored testing programs in recent years.

To veteran state Sen. John H. Ewing, Mrs. Whitman's plan just may prove a cure for the funding battles that have plagued the state for 25 years.

Scoring glitches and data - entry errors have plagued the state and the testing company, delaying Illinois test results.

Far more compelling here is the Mexican story, a tale of idealism corrupted in the account of the rise and fall of the Mexican vigilante army known as the Autodefensas, in the ganster - plagued state of Michoacan.

He says Monday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature deserve credit for closing structural budget gaps that plagued the state for years.

ALBANY — The state Democratic Party will take the unusual step of calling for the de-enrollment of scandal - plagued state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..

In a scandal - plagued state, his team is the focus of a federal investigation, which may not put him behind bars but could leave his legacy and ambitions in tatters.

They proposed to cut from the deficit - plagued state budget nearly $ 12 million that would have been handed out in grants to pay candidates» campaign expenses under what's formally called the Citizens» Election Program.

Later in the week, the governor announced another package of ethics reforms that he promised would end the unrelenting scandals that have plagued state government.

ALBANY — Scandal - plagued state Sen. John Sampson may have set a new record for fecklessness — uttering just one word from the Senate floor during the last six - month legislative session...

More than a year before he is to appear on the ballot for re-election, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is dipping into his ample campaign account to pay for television advertising that showcases his efforts to clean up the scandal - plagued state capital.

«I believe the single most transformative component of the budget is a property tax program,» Cuomo said in the call, adding, «This budget takes a major step toward reforming that problem which has plagued this state for many years.»

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been casting a very wide net in his ongoing probe of the corruption - plagued state pension fund.

Just read about the drought and the fires that plagued the state in the months following this proclamation.

The opposition chief is in jail, race relations are tense, and a scandal - plagued state investment fund has hurt the prime minister's authority.

Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced reforms to the state's scandal - plagued state police earlier this month including the implementation of body cams, GPS vehicle...

But the churches keep bubbling up, thriving on persecution, and their vitality seeps across boundaries to plague the states that oppress human beings and utilize violence.

Gianaris says an even numbered panel could be paralyzed by the gridlock that now plagues the State Board of Elections, which has two Democratic and two Republican commissioners.

Bharara said both trials laid bare numerous conflicts plaguing state politics that cried out for reform.

But it can't undo «the years of short - sighted budgeting [that] are going to continue to plague this state for many years.»

Federal officials believe the subsidy program could successfully prod ranchers to put hundreds of billions of gallons of water back into the river and help relieve the shortages plaguing states downstream.

(High - performing faith - based schools in Cameroon, for instance, primarily educate students from wealthy — and likely more academically - engaged — families, and the schools don't have to deal with the corrupt local officials that plague state schools.)

Teacher shortages are plaguing states across the country.

Although some of these corporate education reform organizations have been plaguing our state for several years, others have absolutely no history in Connecticut.

Continued reliance on the current statewide testing protocols only serves as a «rank and sort» mechanism that devalues our diversity, undercuts our essential humanity, and plagues our state and nation.

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida Children's Rights Unit attorneys are battling the School to Prison Pipeline epidemic plaguing our state.

And these weren't organized by the public but by the opposition party, adding to the corruption which apparently plagues the state.

Not exact matches

Doctors have told a State Government inquiry into the problem plagued Perth Children's Hospital that the project was flawed from the start and was too small.

South Australia is a state that is being plagued by all kind of power issues at present.

When the media discusses the problems plaguing Canadian business, we typically talk about the fluctuating loonie, soft demand from the United States and Europe, bureaucratic red tape and a mismatch between open jobs and worker skills.

The threat of state - sponsored attacks aimed at taking down critical infrastructure continues to plague experts, but many believe the bigger threat is posed toward U.S. business interests.

Identifying Russian disinformation became a hobby for many users on Reddit, who believed state - sponsored trolls were plaguing the platform.

Disputes over the softwood lumber trade — which applies to wood originating from conifers, about 80 % of the global lumber industry — have plagued bilateral relations between the two states since the 1980s, and have most recently been addressed by the 2006 agreement.

Well, other than the real Manhattan where Fortune 500 and the world elites must have a presence there for whatever reason, most likely egoistic, or perhaps hangout of the world biggest tech lunatics such as the case of Silicon Valley, most cities in the states are actually ghettos — Detroit is one and Canadians have been buying up their rundown houses as if they're free (almost, going by Canadian standard) just when Americans are avoiding them like the plague.

This is explicitly stated in various locations, such as in Exodus 11:1 where God decrees that He will bring one more plague against Egypt.

stood for, then juxtapose them against the rise of poverty, discriminatory practices and other social injustices that plague the United States today.

The members of the American commentariat most attuned to this plague of Euro - childlessness tend to discuss its impacts in terms of the rapidly growing Muslim population in Europe and the difficulties so many European states seem to have in assimilating immigrants from a different civilizational orbit.

and Mormons went against the bible; By writing a «new book» when it clearly states in the bible: «If anyone is to add to this book, he will be added to the plagues described in the book, and if anyone takes anything out, he will have his share of the tree of life taken away.»

«In a situation like Syria, plagued by civil war and lacking a functional government with which policymakers can negotiate, how can the United States best protect those fleeing oppression — religious or otherwise?

More me thinking about the state of education in America through the historical and theoretical sources of our present discontent: The central object of Lockean education, the rational control of nature, begins with the defective natural constitution that originally plagues all children,....

Austin, Texas (CNN)- Texas» water problems seem to have reached almost biblical proportions with a record drought, statewide wildfires and shrinking aquifers plaguing the Lone Star State.

«In the days and weeks following the tragedy in Charleston, many in the white evangelical community wanted to do something to fight the plague of racism in our country and churches,» stated Birdsall.

The United States is meant to be free from religious persecution, but really that is only the case if you're from one of the many sects of Christianity that plague our nation.

However, his successor's policies in regard to state hospitals prompted many of the best hospital personnel to leave the state as though it were plague - infested.